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More Girls Becoming Gamers


Submitted by thankeeka on February 21, 2007 - 11:12am. Females in Gaming News

Did we not just do a huge three part feature on Women Gamers and how they've been around, where they are now, and what is to come in the future? Yep, we sure did. Here is another article looking at how more and more women are becoming videogame players in this day and age.

From the article:

When you think of gamers, you might imagine a group of high-energy boys sitting around a video game console in the basement. It may surprise you to know 38 percent of all gamers are now female. But battling the boys isn't always easy.

Amber Dalton and her girlfriends are typical twenty-somethings with a not-so-typical hobby.

"We are serious gamers,” Dalton said. “We are serious competitors."

They play video games that involve everything from street fighting to shoot em' up car races, poker to brain busting puzzles. They even compete in tournaments.

"We're not just interested in our Barbie dolls,” Dalton said. “Get past that stereotype."

Read the full article over at keyetv.com


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